Essential Beethoven

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Album Summary

Performers

• Moura Lympany (Piano)
• Josef Suk (Violin)
• Christoph Eschenbach (Piano)
• Peter Donahoe (Piano)
• Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Jeremy Menuhin (Piano)
• Karl Ridderbusch (Bass)
• Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
• Helen Donath
• Horst Laubenthal (Voice)
• David Oistrakh (Violin)
• Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
• Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• John Lill (Piano)
• Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Claudio Arrau (Piano)
• Lev Oborin (Piano)
• Sviatoslav Kushnevitzky (Cello)
• Siegfried Frese (Bass Baritone)
• Werner Hollweg (Tenor)
• James Morris (Bass Baritone)

Conductors

• Boult, Adrian
• Davies, Dennis R.
• Galliera, Alceo
• Gibson, Alexander, Sir
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Muti, Riccardo
• Sanderling, Kurt
• Sawallisch, Wolfgang

Ensembles

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• Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
• Melos Ensemble of London

Composer

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

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Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 :: 1. Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
• Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" :: 1. Adagio sostenuto

• Performer: Moura Lympany (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" :: 5. Allegretto (Shepherds' Hymn) (Excerpt)

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 6 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor" :: 2. Adagio un poco mosso

• Conductor: Alceo Galliera
• Running Time: 6 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1809

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 :: 3. Rondo (Conclusion)

• Performer: Josef Suk (Violin)
• Conductor: Adrian Boult
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1806

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" :: 2. Scherzo

• Performer: Christoph Eschenbach (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1817-1818

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Ruins of Athens, Op. 113 :: Turkish March

• Conductor: Dennis Davies
• Notes: Composition written: 1811.
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1811

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Variations (33) for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120 :: Theme

• Performer: Peter Donahoe (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1819

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring" :: 4. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)

• Performers: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin); Jeremy Menuhin (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1800-1801

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92 :: 2. Allegretto (Excerpt)

• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1812

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Rondo a Capriccio for piano in G major ("Rage Over a Lost Penny"), Op. 129

• Performer: Moura Lympany (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1795-1798

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Mir est so wunderbar

• Performers: Karl Ridderbusch (Bass); Helga Dernesch (Soprano); Helen Donath; Horst Laubenthal (Voice)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62

• Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
• Running Time: 9 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1807

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto" :: 2. Largo

• Performers: David Oistrakh (Violin); Sviatoslav Richter (Piano); Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1803-1804

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy" :: Conclusion

• Performer: John Lill (Piano)
• Conductor: Alexander Gibson
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1808

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" :: 1. Allegro con brio (Opening)

• Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
• Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1803

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59

• Performer: Moura Lympany (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1810

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" :: 2. Adagio cantabile

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1797-1798

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Overtures

• Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
• Running Time: 8 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" :: 1. Allegro assai (Opening)

• Performer: Claudio Arrau (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1804-1805

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50

• Performer: Josef Suk (Violin)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
• Running Time: 8 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1802

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Septet in E flat major, Op. 20 :: 3. Tempo di Menuetto - Trio

• Ensemble: Melos Ensemble of London
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1799-1800

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Minuets (6) for piano (or orchestra), WoO 10

• Performer: Moura Lympany (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1795

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Trio for Piano and Strings no 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke" :: 2. Scherzo

• Performers: Lev Oborin (Piano); David Oistrakh (Violin); Sviatoslav Kushnevitzky (Cello)
• Running Time: 6 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1810-1811

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: O welche Lust (Prisoners' Chorus)

• Performers: Siegfried Frese (Bass Baritone); Werner Hollweg (Tenor)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 7 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" :: 3. Finale

• Performers: Jeremy Menuhin (Piano); Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Running Time: 7 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1802-1803

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93 :: 2. Allegretto scherzando

• Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1812

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" :: Ode to Joy

• Performer: James Morris (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 6 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1824